What is the moral of the tale of peter rabbit?

Answer 1

The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a moral of compliance. Peter's mother warns her four children, in her absence, not to do something. The warning comes with a possible dire consequence for disobedience: death.

Peter ignores his mother's warning, and, as a consequence, a good part of the tale goes into telling us Peter's struggle to escape death. The author explains Peter's struggle is a nightmare.

He escapes death with the help of others and chance happenings. Although he does escape with his life, he has lost all his possessions and has fallen unwell as a result, and ends up in a place every child detests: bed; where, presumably, he lies in solitude to relive again and again the nightmare he has just experienced. The good children, having obeyed their mother's warning, are rewarded with a wonderful supper!

However, if you could be so kind as to lend me your ears, there is another angle I might pursue.

The moral of noncompliance is confidence. With The Tale of Peter Rabbit being read and put aside, I have concluded Peter has won something of great importance.

He has learned, first, authority is not absolute. He was told death was a very real possibility if he disobeyed a power figure's warnings. He disobeyed and lived! True, he paid dearly for his near-death experience. Can you imagine, comparatively, the sufferings and hardships of the first explorers into the Antarctic or future ones to distant planets? Or investors in the stock market in a down economy? Many call them fools!

Second, Peter has learned with the help of others and a little luck, anything is possible. Peter begins, in the author's word, underneath: that suggests living in darkness. With Peter's newfound knowledge, he now exists in the bright sunshine. (Plato's cave analogy) The good children, in contrast, have gained little but a momentary pleasure.

Answer 2

The moral of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" is to listen to instructions and follow rules. Peter Rabbit disobeys his mother's warning and ventures into Mr. McGregor's garden, facing consequences for his disobedience. This tale teaches children the importance of obedience and the repercussions of ignoring warnings.

Answer 3

look in the woods they always be in there